Re: Re: [RFC] Unicode Text Processing

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022, Daniel Wolfe wrote: > On 2022-12-15 8:34 AM, Derick Rethans wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just published an initial draft of the "Unicode Text Processing" > > RFC, a proposal to have performant unicode text processing always > > available to PHP users, by introducing a new "Text" class. > > > > You can find it at: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/unicode_text_processing > > > > I'm looking forwards to hearing your opinions, additions, and > > suggestions — the RFC specifically asks for these in places. > > > > > I love the idea, but we may want to think about using the terms > trimStart and trimEnd instead > of trimLeft and trimRight. > Obviously, when the text in the parameter is in a right-to-left > language (e.g., Hebrew, Arabic), trimLeft and > trimRight are going > to do the opposite of what one may expect from the names of the > functions. I know that identifiers like ltrim and > rtrim are > longstanding conventions which everyone understands that they **really** > mean trimming from the start and end respectively, but this may be an > opportunity to amend the inaccuracy. That's an excellent point. And I've updated these names. cheers, Derick -- https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io Author of Xdebug. Like it? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news mastodon: @derickr@phpc.social @xdebug@phpc.social twitter: @derickr and @xdebug